I’m taking a gap year — would universities reject me?
Taking a gap year can feel like jumping off a moving train. While all your classmates are moving forward, you’re taking a different path. A break to reflect and reassess…
Are tuition-free universities a scam?
“Tuition-free” and “good university” don’t usually appear in the same sentence — and for most people, that skepticism is fair. Free things, such as tuition-free universities, tend to come with…
How Tyrone Mings went from homelessness to Premier League
Imagine experiencing homelessness as just a child. Then imagine the one place that was supposed to believe in you — your football club — deciding you weren’t worth the investment.…
US Senators call for faster study visa processing
In a letter led by Senator Padilla from California, the senators express their concerns “regarding the ongoing unavailability of visa appointments during peak visa application season for students and scholars seeking to enter the US…
European universities belong in every admissions conversation. Most advisors don’t know that
When I was applying to university, I assumed I would stay close to home. I grew up near Washington, D.C., where college, for most of the people I knew, was…
Clare rejects Hanson’s “farce” claim as he defends international education reforms
One Nation leader, Senator Hanson, made the comments to News24, saying: “I think the international student industry that’s been set up by the universities is a farce,” and reinforcing her…
UNESCO convention opens path to degree recognition and mobility among Arab states
A UNESCO convention aimed at making the recognition of higher education qualifications fairer and more consistent across the Arab region has entered into force, initially binding five countries: Egypt, Lebanon,…
From failing English to graduate school fully funded
You know that feeling when you finally think things are looking up, only for life to throw another curveball your way? One Nigerian student experienced it again and again throughout…
When sex education leaves gaps: Man asks if he was pregnant
“A guy (a male) can get pregnant, right?” That’s the question that opened a confession posted to a Nigerian confession page from someone identifying themselves only as a student at…
Nigerian boarding school made this student cane her peers
Every boarding school has its own idea of discipline. At the Nigerian boarding school that TikTok creator Oluwaseyi attended, it came with a literal “flogging stick,” kept on hand for…
